A HAPPY HOMECOMING: Santa Barbara’s Jimmy Tamborello heads to the S.B. Bowl this weekend as one-third of the electro-pop act The Postal Service. This year, the band celebrates the 10th anniversary of its platinum-selling debut album, Give Up.

MAKING HISTORY: Five years ago, S.B. motorcycle racer Carlin Dunne (above) was a spectator at his first Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Now he is a three-peat winner of the race, this year achieving victory on an electric motorcycle.

NEED FOR SPEED: No stranger to taking a turn at blistering speeds, Carlin Dunne had to expertly handle a wet patch of road on the treacherously winding Pikes Peak's course. "I was going 150 mph, and the bike was sliding," Dunne said of the area that brought down several contestants ahead of him. He eased up, making it through without a hitch.